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Britain's Daily Telegraph this month detailed a
renewed Saudi Arabian-led plan to create a breakaway rival
circuit, with players offered between $30 million-$100 million
to take part.
The U.S. PGA Tour has threatened members with instant suspension
and a lifetime ban if they join the breakaway, while four-times
major champion Rory McIlroy said the SGL was nothing more than a
"money grab".
Westwood, however, said that at the point he was at in his
career he would tempted to join.
"I think there's pluses and minuses for everything," he told
reporters.
"I think they've obviously got a lot of money, they've come out
and sent a few shockwaves about and people feel threatened,"
Westwood told reporters before the PGA Championship.
"The people that feel threatened are trying to combat it.
"For me at nearly 50 it's a no-brainer, isn't it? If somebody
stood here and offered me 50 million quid to play golf when I'm
48, it's a no-brainer."
Asked how much of a deterrent a ban from the Tour would be for
players interested in signing up, Westwood said: "That's
something you have to take into account.
"When all these things come along it's a balancing act, isn't
it? You've got to throw the balls in the air and juggle them for
a while and see what comes up.
"You have to get all the facts together, first of all. I can see
it from both sides, but haven't really gone into depth in it."
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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